Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life? - Victor Roy, a Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins, 1882.
The reasone why the Commissioner did so muche presse the reading of the declinator was, because he forsaw that they meant to putt him to a dilemma which still should bring ane inconvenience along with it.
... that people see me and are seeing me as an open book. ...
... a button, you want to see how it looks like there. ...